answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The 20th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, ratified in January, 1933, changed Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20 and changed the beginning/end of Senate and House terms from March 4 to January 3. The first inauguration to take place on January 20 was Franklin Roosevelt's second, in 1937.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

The 20th amendment moved inauguration day from March 4 up to January 20. It made FDR's first term some 5 weeks shorter.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

The 20th amendment which is also known as the "lame duck" amendment establishes beginning and ending dates for the terms of the president and Congress.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

The 20th Amendment specifies that the President and Vice President shall begin their terms of office on January 20th. The Amendment was ratified on January 23,

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

9y ago

The 20th Amendment changed the dates of congressional and Presidential inauguration.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What amendment set the time and date for the start of a presidential term?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What year did the presidential term change to two terms?

February 27, 1951 was the date that the 22nd amendment became law.The Congress passed the amendment on March 21, 1947. The amendment did not apply to the sitting President Truman, but he declined to run for a third term.


What amendment gives the dates for the president and congress to start a new term?

The 20th amendment moved the date to January 20 from March 4.


What amendment set the date of a new term in office for legislature?

20th Amendment


What sets term limits for the US President?

The 22nd Amendment sets the limit of presidential term to 10 years max.


What date and time does a presidential term end?

January 20 at Noon.


A Presidential term limit is a formal amendment to the Constitution?

Yes, President Washington set a precident for a two year term, but it wasn't established untill 1891.


Which amendment changed the date of the president and vice president's term in office?

Amendment 20 moved the beginning of the president's term to January 20, from March 4.


When did Fraklin Roosevelt's presidential term start?

On 4 March 1933.


Which amendment states that if a Vice President serves less than two years of a presidential term he or she is eligible to run for two full years terms as President?

amendment 22


How long was the term of a president beginning with Washington?

The length of a U. S. presidential or vice presidential term has always been four years with one exception: President Franklin Roosevelt's first term and Vice President Garner's first term were cut short due to the change of the start and end date of such terms from March 4 to January 20.


What was the date of the 2006 US Presidential general election?

There was no US Presidential election in 2006. The date of the mid-term general election in 2006 was Tuesday, November 7. The date of the most recent Presidential election was Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The next Presidential election will be held Tuesday, November 6, 2012.


The date presidential term brgins?

12:00, January 20th, every four years